Eisenhower orders federal troops to Little Rock
President Eisenhower announces he sent federal troops to Little Rock Arkansas to enforce the court orders on school integration. He says mob rule cannot override the judiciary and calls for national unity while condemning local inaction and foreign press gloating over the incident.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
South
Arkansas
Rome
L’unita
Paris
L’humanite
United States
White House
Supreme Court
Paratroopers Escort Students to Central High Front Entrance
Negro students entered Central High School under guard by 350 armed U.S. paratroopers in Little Rock. Gen. Edwin A. Walker said he would use all means to prevent interference with the school board’s integration plan as troops formed a protective shield and escorted students inside.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
U.S
Edwin A. Walker
Illness Complicates Trial in Los Angeles Libel Case
In Los Angeles a juror's illness complicates the confidential magazine criminal libel conspiracy trial. Superior Judge Herbert W. Walker awaits a doctor's report to decide if juror Carl Rush should be replaced by the remaining alternate.
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Los Angeles
Herbert W. Walker
Carl Rush
Hoffa Faces New Charges in Teamsters Probe
Senate rackets investigators seek testimony on reports Hoffa kept prison officials on Local 614 payroll in Pontiac Michigan. Details include a Teamsters Union loan to a Minneapolis store and Hoffa's stake in a horse racing partnership. Hoffa indicted on perjury counts as probe widens. In Miami Beach Hoffa challenged the committee on his delegate eligibility. Kennedy will not pursue further on a $25000 loan to Hoffa in 1952.
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Washington
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Teamster Local 614
Pontiac
Mich
Hoffa
Minneapolis
New York
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Special
Senate Committee
Miami Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Detroit
UN Bars Doors To Red China
The General Assembly voted to shelve Peiping’s seating issue for the current session amid opposition from India and the Soviet bloc. The U S resolution carried 47 to 24 with eight abstentions as Ireland and Morocco and Ghana joined in backing the no seat for Red China, while debate on the topic continued.
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United Nations
N. Y
General Assembly
China
India
U. S
Peiping
Assembly
Scandinavian
Ireland
Morocco
Ghana
Accused Man Helps Judge Sign Forms
Pietro Pugliano and his 18 year old wife were arraigned on charges of passing about 3000 dollars in bad checks. Magistrate E N Johnson was about to sign a form when Pugliano offered his pen saying it had made him money.
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Pittsburgh
Pietro Pugliano
E. N. Johnson
Pugliano
Rescue Efforts Expand as Pamir Survivors Sought
Eleven search planes launched from the Azores as hopes rise for Pamir crew survivors. Six of the 86 crewmen have been rescued as search operations continue.
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Hamburg
Germany
Azores
Lucas County Reports 600 Students Ill From Asian Flu
Lucas County schools report nearly 600 students ill with a disease possibly Asian Flu. Dr Ralph E Dwork says 580 were ill last week in three schools with 1200 total enrollment. Health labs test 20 specimens from Lucas Sandusky Akron. results in three days.
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Columbus
Lucas County
Ralph E. Dwork
Ohio Department of Health Laboratories
Sandusky
Akron
Dwork
Opinions differ on Eisenhower troop use in Little Rock
Southern officials condemn the decision to federalize forces to enforce school integration while Northern leaders defend it as essential for law and order. Governors Faubus and Hodges weigh in along with politicians Stevenson Chandler Johnston Ribicoff Bush and others.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Adlai Stevenson
Orval Faubus
Arkansas National Guard
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Clin Johnston
D-Sc
National Guard
Theodore McKeldin
Maryland
Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Faubus
Sea Island
Arkansas
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
James Folsom
Alabama
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Logan Man Appointed Chief of Insurance
The Utilities Commission announced the appointment of Donald E. Knapp of Columbus as chief of its insurance section. Knapp, a Logan native, will also serve as assistant superintendent of railroad and motor transportation rates and tariffs. He was formerly assistant chief of the Tariff Bureau of Ohio Motor Freight Tariff Committee, Inc., of Columbus.
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Columbus
the Utilities Commission Today
Donald E. Knapp
Knapp
Logan
Ohio
Tariff Bureau of
Ohio Motor Freight Tariff Committee, Inc
Four Die as B26 Crashes Near Wright Patterson AFB
A crippled B26 bomber with one engine out crashed into a Dayton housing development near Wright Patterson AFB. Four people died including Maj. James Melancon and Capt. Willie Heikkinen. two residents Mildred VanZant and Joseph Feisler also perished. Debris injured one person as the plane struck homes after engine trouble and contact with a high tension wire.
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Dayton
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Air Force
James FE. Melancon
San Antonio
Tex
Willie R. Heikkinen
Ramsey
Mich
Mildred VanZant
Joseph Feisler
Wright-Patterson
Marine Sgt Asks For Ninety Days No Court Martial
Marine Corps sergeant Richard K. Battershell 27 of Camp Pendleton asked a municipal judge to modify a 30 day sentence after being found guilty of cashing five forged checks totaling 625 dollars. He argued that a 90 day term would avoid a bad conduct discharge without a court martial. The judge granted the request.
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Long Beach
Calif
Marine Corps
Richard K. Battershell
Camp Pendleton
Beach Vasey
Battershell
Vasey
Car Kills Bay eight year old in Ohio crash
An auto struck and killed eight year old Marvin Powers of South Solon on Ohio 70 Tuesday, according to the State Highway Patrol. Officers reported the accident occurred on the state road.
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London
Ohio
Marvin Powers
South Solon
State Highway Patrol
West Virginia and Ohio Five Day Weather Outlook
Weather outlook for ONRTO Fair today tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 46 to 50, high Thursday 72 to 76. West Virginia clear and not aa cool tonight with lows 45 to 50 east and 50 to 55 west. Thursday mostly sunny and slightly warmer. Ohio five day forecast shows near normal temperatures with high 71 north 75 south and lows 51 to 53, little change Thursday, cooler Friday, warmer Saturday and Sunday, no precipitation noted.
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West Virginia
Ohlo
Japanese GI Girard on Trial in Sakai Shooting
Ottawa Illinois man PAIagallard Girard is charged with placing an empty cartridge case in a rifle grenade launcher and killing Mrs Sakai. Testifying at the final outdoor session on the range Onozeki said Girard chased brass collectors before the shooting and called to Mrs Sakai in Japanese. The trial resumes Thursday with no further outdoor hearings.
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Paiagallard, Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Yuzo Kawachi
Onozeki
Victor Nickel
Inkster, Mich
Girard
Somagahara
Japan
William S. Girard
Naka Sakai
U.S
Hidetsugu Onozeki
Cannawankann
Bell Seeks Study Of New CWA Proposal
Bell Telephone Co negotiators prepare to respond to a fresh CWA offer amid a strike over contract demands. A recent meeting paused as Bell asked for more time to review the union’s proposal and questions about it were discussed privately.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Rosh Hashana Observed Worldwide Marks New Year
World Jewry marks the start of Rosh Hashana at sundown with the sounding of the ram’s horn. Reform Jews observe one day, while conservative and orthodox observe two days, beginning a 10 day penitence period ending with Yom Kippur observed by fasting.
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New York
Ohio Marine Killed in Freeway Ramp Crash
Marine Pfc. Jerry E. Partin, 18, of Rossburg, Ohio, died Tuesday when the car he rode in was crushed under a freeway ramp and burst into flames. Four others were killed and one was critically injured.
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Los Angeles
Jerry E. Partin
Rossburg
Ohio
Woman 84 Rescued From Third Floor Apartment Fire
Firefighters rescued an 84 year old woman from her third floor room in Shaker Heights after a fire broke out early today at her home. Firemen brought her down a ladder and she was reported in stable condition. Local authorities investigated the cause of the blaze.
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Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Atlas ICBM test firing speculated at Cape Canaveral
Speculation rose today that the Air Force will launch its Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral Florida. The report centers on the missile being prepared at the Missile Test Center and the timing remaining unconfirmed.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.4
Air Force
Jet Planes Collide Over Ocean During NATO Exercises
London reports a collision between two 1000 mile per hour U S jet fighters over the North Atlantic during NATO air sea maneuvers. Two other American planes with four men each were missing in an ocean search for enemy submarines. The F4 D Sky Ray single seaters were from the Saratoga and the F2 S Trackers from the Essex.
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London
U. S
North Atlantic
Saratoga
Essex
Iceland
Norway
NATO
Largest Damage Suit Filed Against County
DeVille Photography, Inc. seeks 8.393 million in Franklin County Common Pleas Court against Columbus attorney Robert Dow Hamilton for allegedly injuring the firm’s business. Earlier, DeVille filed a separate five million libel suit against the Columbus Citizen, its editor and a reporter.
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Columbus
Franklin County Common Pleas
DeVille Photography, Inc
Robert Dow Hamilton
DeVille
Hamilton
Columbus Citizen
Mayer Hospitalized Again for Blood Disorder
Los Angeles veteran film producer Louis B. Mayer, 72, was readmitted to a hospital for treatment of a blood disorder. Doctors reported no complications and his condition was described as stable.
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Los Angeles
Louis B. Mayer
Question Over Seaway Governance Raises Jurisdiction Doubts
Washington reports a push to place the U S portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway under Commerce while construction proceeds toward a 1959 opening. The St Lawrence Seaway Development Corp builds the U S segment, funded under Defense, now over 66 percent complete. President Eisenhower faces a request from House Public Works Chair Buckley to delay any decision until Congress committees review implications.
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Washington
U. S
St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Seaway Agency
Department of Commerce
Buckley
Dny
House Public Works Committee
Congress
Staggering Education Problems Highlighted in Messenger
The Messenger cites staggering problems in education with coverage across pages. Additional items include Oklahoma Again rated no 1 team in nation and Aaron's bat sparks Braves to victory.
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Oklahoma
Aaron
Braves
Gallipolis
Athens
Pi Chauncey
Cdsana
Nelsonville
Chauncey Area Highway Hearing On U S 33 Relocation
Public hearing is set for October 18 in Athens to discuss a three mile relocation of U S Route 33 in Chauncey. The plan aims to remove curves and grade crossings starting at the U S 33 50 A junction, crossing the Hocking River twice, then rejoining near State Route 682. The routing aligns with an April private engineering study and follows prior Chauncey council objections to an earlier four lane plan.
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Athens
Chauncey
Ohio Departane of Highways
Toay
Associated Press
Hocking River
Chauncey Village
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